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UN warns of damage to “the fabric of British society” as the state turns on its people
Drastic cuts to social support and welfare risk damaging the very fabric of British society, a UN report has today revealed. Concluding his 12-day visit to the country the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, said the UK Government’s policies are entrenching high levels of poverty and inflicting unnecessary misery in one of the richest countries in the world. Yet amid the country’s impending exit from the European Union the government appears to be treating...
Policewoman ‘kicked dog owner out of station and locked door – leaving him to freeze to death’
PC Bhupinder Kalsi is accused of gross incompetence in relation to the incident
Watch – Thugs caught on CCTV attacking Labour councillor and his wife with knife are jailed
Footage shows the thug brandishing the huge blade in the terrifying daylight attack
Crooked officer helped smuggle millions of pounds worth of guns and drugs into Britain
Simon Pellett was arrested by French police in October 2017 in a supermarket car park between Calais and Dunkirk
Video- Woman was slashed across the bottom in a seemingly random attack in Central London
The stabber then walked away calmly, along a street in Westminster.
Security bolstered at Christmas markets across country in case of terror attack
Police with assault rifles are patrolling Christmas markets surrounded by concrete barriers amid fears of an imminent terror attack in Britain
Full interim statement of UN Extreme Poverty Rapporteur’s investigation into British government makes shocking reading
As Conservative MPs busied themselves lining up to walk Prime Minister Theresa May down the gangplank of a vote of a no confidence vote just weeks before Britain faces it's biggest challenge in decades and apotentially ruinous no deal Brexit, in central London the United Nation's investigation into the effects of Conservative austerity on extreme poverty in the UK were unveiled. The UN's Rapporteur into Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Philip Aston talked of politicians being "in a state of...
This Youth MP has just explained knife crime better than any current politician could
A Youth MP from Camden said knife crime is "rooted in poverty, inequality and a lack of opportunity" in an impassioned interview on ITV news. Athian Akec delivered a rousing speech to UK Youth Parliament last week which has since been picked up by major news outlets. In the House of Commons, he said: "As knife crime claims more lives within our country, never has so much been lost by so many because of the indecision of so few". Following up on...
Convicted murderer on the run after absconding from open prison which has been criticised for lax security
Jeremy Brabrooke, 56, has failed to return to Ford Prison, where he is serving a life sentence, after he left on Wednesday, police said.